CVE-2022-44666
Published: 13 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-44666 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2022-44666 is a remote code execution flaw affecting the Windows Contacts component. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 and was published in December 2022.
An unauthenticated local attacker can exploit the issue without privileges when a user opens a malicious file, resulting in full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected system.
Microsoft has published official guidance and remediation details for CVE-2022-44666 in its security update guide. The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.6798 after disclosure before settling at the current value of 0.5491.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-47600
Vulnerability details
Windows Contacts Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.